DevOps Engineer
Junior DevOps engineer on a 6–12 month inside-IR35 contract (hybrid, 3 days onsite in Edinburgh) supporting a UK banking group's API Marketplace platform on GCP. Day-to-day involves CI/CD pipelines, Terraform-based infrastructure, Kubernetes deployments, monitoring, and building developer self-service automation.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or equivalent practical experience
- Foundational understanding of cloud computing concepts
- Basic knowledge of Linux and command-line tools
- Familiarity with Git and version control practices
- Experience with scripting using Bash, Python, PowerShell, or similar
- Understanding of DevOps principles and software delivery lifecycles
- Awareness of CI/CD concepts and automation benefits
- Basic understanding of networking fundamentals (DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively within agile engineering teams
- Passion for learning and continuous improvement
Nice to have
- Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tooling
- Docker containerization
- GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Harness
- Cloud monitoring and observability tools
- REST APIs and API lifecycle concepts
- API gateway technologies such as Apigee
- Cloud security and IAM concepts
- Agile and DevOps delivery methodologies
Full description
Location: Edinburgh (Hybrid-3 Days Onsite)Employment Type : Inside IR35 ContractDuration : 6-12 MonthsJob Description :
At Banking Group, we're helping Britain prosper by transforming how technology empowers our customers, colleagues,
and businesses. Through strategic investment in cloud platforms, digital engineering, automation, and modern delivery
practices, we're creating scalable, secure, and resilient services that support millions of customers across the UK.
Within the API & Digital Services Platform, the API Marketplace Team plays a critical role in enabling API discovery, reuse,
and self-service across the Group. Our platform acts as the front door for API consumers and providers, helping engineering
teams accelerate delivery while adhering to enterprise standards for security, resilience, governance, and operational
As part of our ongoing transformation journey, we are modernising our platform using cloud-native technologies, automation, DevOps best practices, and developer-centric tooling to improve reliability, scalability, and customer experience.
The Opportunity:
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Junior DevOps Engineer to join our growing API Marketplace
engineering team.
This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career engineer who is passionate about cloud technology, automation,
platform engineering, and continuous delivery. You'll gain hands-on experience working with modern cloud platforms,
CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, container technologies, monitoring solutions, and API platforms while being
mentored by experienced platform and DevOps engineers.
You will contribute to the operational excellence and continuous improvement of our strategic API Marketplace platform
while building skills that will accelerate your career in cloud and platform engineering.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Assist with the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of cloud infrastructure hosted on GCP.
- Support infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
- Help manage development, test, and production environments.
CI/CD & Release Automation
- Support the creation, enhancement, and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines.
- Assist development teams in automating build, testing, deployment, and release activities.
- Help identify opportunities to reduce manual effort through automation.